BNSF 1579 (SD40-2) passes through Arvada with a freight destined for Golden, Colorado.

A pair of MAC's work the East Yard in Longmont, Colorado.

BNSF 3127 (GP50) pulls a string of autoracks past a satellite facility for Comcast Cable in Douglas County, north of Sedalia, Colorado.

BNSF 6047 (ES44AC) pulls hard on a load of coal through Castle Rock, Colorado and slowly climbs to the next town. There is a 500 feet elevation change to Larkspur which is 11 miles away, and anot... (more)

Once the future of railroading with a promise of 6000hp from the manufacture, today the SD9043MAC finds itself as the oddball loco on the UP's roster. 23 such units are taking up space on track 5... (more)

An interesting lash-up of EMD locomotives pulls this afternoon's Canon City local train out of the yard at Pueblo as it heads for the massive H... (more)

Three Burlington Northern EMD SD70MACs haul a coal train north of Barela, Colorado, on February 14, 1998. This location is in between Barela and Beshoar on Burlington Northern Santa Fe’s Twin Mo... (more)

After a successful rebuild Union Pacific's famed FEF-3 #844 returned to excursion service pulling the 2016 addition of the Cheyenne Frontier Days special between Denver, CO and Cheyenne, WY. Havin... (more)

Northbound empty ethanol train has just started it's long descent of the Palmer Divide towards Denver a mile north of Palmer Lake.

Northbound BNSF coal empty just north of Palmer Lake with pair of CREX leading trio of brand new not yet in service 70ACes

BNSF southbound coal train climbing into Palmer Lake

Beaten and battered veterans lead a northbound manifest just north of Palmer Lake, CO.

A northbound BNSF manifest passing Palmer Lake last summer when it still had water in it. Today the lake is dry and may never return as it was.

With a malfunctioning ATCS and my scanner still in Alaska, it was one of those days where the best course of action was to just pick a spot and wait. After helplessly waiting for a couple of hour... (more)

And here I thought my days in Colorado were done! Not quite. I'm in the Lower 48 on a business trip so when the opportunity presented itself, I figured I'd hit up my old stomping grounds to see ... (more)